Multiply interwoven fabric for collars and cuffs



."TWINING MULTIPLY INTERWOVEN FABRIC FOR COLLARS AND CUFFS.

APPLICAHON FILED M16119, 1921.

Patented June 20, 1922.

NITED "STATES FATE NTgO'FjFICE.

FRANK B. T'WINING, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GEO. P. IDE& COMPANY,'1NC.,

' OF TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

mummnirinmmwovnn 'FABRIG FOR COLLARS AND currs.

till whom cit may concern. i v

- .Be it knownthat-I,- F A'NK B. TWIN-Inc,

a citizen of the-United States, residing at Troy in the county of Rensselaer andState of New York, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in Multiply Interwoven Fa'bric for Collars and Cuffs, of

which the following is a specification.

It has heretofore been almost a. universal custom to make collars, cuffs and the like of a plurality .ofseparate plies which are,

stitched together only at their edges, so that the plies do not have. the support of one another, except at'the stitched edge portion, the top edges of the neck. band portion-and fold ove'r top portion. being connected to gether inthe vicinity of the folding line of the collar-.-

This method of manufacturing collars andv cuffs necessitates many handlings of'the various separate plies and many rows of stitchthere are numerous ing. Consequently,

manufacturin operations incident to collars as hereto ore made, each operation addingto the cost of the collar. I

ne of the objects of my invention is to.

' reduce the number of operations necessary to produce ac'ollar.

A further object of my invention is to produce a soft turnover collar from a single piece of multiply interwovenfabric of appropriate thickness and stiffness.

A further object of my invention isto produce a fabric from which soft fold over collars may be made from a single thickness of multiply interwoven material of appropriate stiffness or thickness and having a narrow thickened'cross sectional-area on eachside of the folding-line of the collar extending in the direction of the warp threads.

invention consists of a multi 1y interwoven fabric for collars and on shaving Jwoven therein additional warp threads in v a comparatively narrowzone, there being a i plurality of such zones spaced apart.

'My invention consists further of a mul- "tiply interwoven fabric for collars and cuffs consisting of two panels connected integrally and having a comparatively narrow portion with an increased number of warp Specification of Letters Patent. .Patented fine 20, 1922. Application filed August 19, 1921. Serial no. 493,562.

, threads at partswhich will be positioned in f the completedcollar at the top of the neck band andcof the fold over top portion.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown a portion of a woven fabric with the different style collars indicated by dotted lines.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a strip of fabric embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 2-2, Figure 1.,

The multiply interwoven fabric is Woven accordingly to the regular textile now in vogue in weaving multiply interwoven fabrics,-the only change in the weaving of the fabric being that at predetermined points the operator. introduces a greater number of warp threads for a redetermined width in the formationof t e fabric whereby the cross sectional area of the fabric is increased in thickness in the direction of the warp threads in". two comparatively narrow zones,

closely positioned, relatively to each other I hand and the fold over top portion 3 will have a relatively narrow thicker strip 4 at itstop, whereby the collar can be readily folded in-the zone between the two constituting. or functioning as a uide for the proper fold of the collar. 7 T e fabric 5 may be woven. any length or Width and the relative positioning of the group of two Ladjacentstrips 2. and 4 can be arranged according to the style of collar to be cut therefrom, so that only theminimum amount of fabric is wasted in the cutting of the collars.

I do not herein claim collars made from the fabric disclosed in this case, inasmuch as such collars constitute the subject matter of another application filed by me August 19, 1921, Serial No.,4:93,561.

What I claim is:

1. A multiply interwoven fabric for collars and cuffs having the warp threads increased in number in two spaced comparathickened portions, these thickened portions tively narrow adjacent zones in the fabric edge portion and an integrally woven porq so that the increasedwarp threads constitute tion extending between the thickened pora guidefor the fold line of the collar made *tlons, said thickened inner edge portion de- 10 from the fabric. a. fining the fold line.

'5 2. A multiply interwoven fabric for col- In testimony whereof I afH-x my signature.

liars and cuffs made up of a neck band and aortion, each having a thickened inner FRANK B TWINING, 

